Jimma
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Place details
- Locality
- ጂማ Jimma جيمة
- Region
- ኦሮሚያ ክልል Oromia أوروميا
- Country
- ኢትዮጵያ
- Population
- 250,900
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Jimma
- Settlement.native_name
- Jimmaa
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- om
- Settlement.nickname
- Jimmaa Abbaa Jifaar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Scenery in Jimma
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ethiopia#Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Ethiopia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ethiopia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Located in
- Jimma Zone
- Population
- +120960
- Area
- +50.52
- Elevation
- +1780
- Image
- Jimmamosque.jpg
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- P8168
- baseball card
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Article
8 sectionsContents
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- Sports
- Transport
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
Jimma () is the largest city in southwestern Oromia Region, Ethiopia. It is a special zone of the Oromia Region and is surrounded by Jimma Zone. It has a latitude and longitude of . Prior to the 2007 census, Jimma was reorganized administratively as a special Zone.
== History == What is now Jimma's northern suburb of Jiren was the capital of the Kingdom of Jimma. Originally named Hirmata, the city owed its importance in the 19th century to being located on the caravan route between Shewa and Kaffa, as well as being only six miles from the palace of Abba Jifar II.